unconventional reason for choosing DO

[lykyamy00]

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hey guys! so i'm writing about why osteopathic medicine and i think that the path that led me to apply to DO school may be a little unconventional. infact i talked to someone i knew who applied last year and when i told her why im considering it she said that if i ever told this to a DO school it would be an automatic reject. however, it was a DO that i talked to about it and it was his reason too... soo i'm just wondering what you think.

last year i shadowed my primary doc who is a DO and i asked him why he chose DO. he said because he was a chiropractor first and then wanted to be able to use chiropractics as well as medicine to help people. this intrigued me because i have been using a chiropractor for many years but i wanted to practice more medicine than a chiropractor can. so falsh forward a few months. i did a grad program and was extremely overworked overstressed and under rested. i began to get super intense migraines and almost ended up in the ER several times. the first nurse practitioner i went to gave me meds to make it go away. they worked fine. i needed them again when i ran out and she suggested that i try anti anxiety meds to help kill the migraine before it started. i refused. i cant live my life on anti anxiety meds because i plan on being in school for a long time. so i turned to my chiropractor. and within like 7 treatments over 3 months i was migraine free and have been since last december. this is when i realized that osteopathy my absolutely be for me because i can offer my patients medicine orrrrr manipulations!! from me they can get the best of both worlds. if they dont want long term medicine i can offer them another option.

so this is my reason for osteopathy! if i write this am i committing myself to rejection?

thanks!

 

[Rollo]

No, you are not committing yourself to rejection.

Our OMM faculty acknowledge that there may be a similarity between chiropractic and osteopathic techniques HOWEVER osteopathic techniques are applied in the context of a medical diagnosis & treatment. OMM docs are medical doctors first who will do H&P, diagnose, treat, and use osteopathic techniques (which may share some features with chiropractic techniques) to assist with the treatment protocol which will generally consist of medications and/or surgical approach.

You're going to have to be very careful with how you articulate this reason though. You can easily get lazy and just say "i wanna be a DO because they are like chiropractors but with medical training".

 

[MightyMoose]

It's a good story, but be sure you add a clear understanding of the differences between a chiropractor and a DO. OMM is not snap-crackle-pop medicine and is different from chiropractic techniques. You should also have a clear segway into DO shadowing after the experience.

 

[TOLDUSO]

It's a good story, but be sure you add a clear understanding of the differences between a chiropractor and a DO. OMM is not snap-crackle-pop medicine and is different from chiropractic techniques. You should also have a clear segway into DO shadowing after the experience.

Agreed. I have a chiropractor in the family and I also visit one about once a month. If I didn't think it was beneficial, I wouldn't go; Nor would millions of other people. It has evolved into a sometimes shady profession anymore, especially out west where there are literally "Massage" parlors run by chiropractors with plenty of asian talent on hand. Also, any of these guys that wears a white lab coat and acts as if they can diagnose is out of their mind, and any real chiropractor will agree with me. Spinal manipulation is what their job is and that's what they should offer, plain and simple. The guys who have that figured out and who offer a principled approach are the ones who see and help hundreds upon hundreds of patients each week and are also the ones who clear lots of money doing what they do. Not the guys with all the fancy equipment trying to "heal" you.

That said, osteopathic manipulation, on a whole, is different (duh) in a lot of respects. And, while you can use your experience with chiropractic in your writing, I wouldn't go too in depth. Maybe say that it was part of what led you to medicine, but don't go on about how great chiropractic is. I, personally, wouldn't go any further than mentioning how the hands-on type approach, including manipulation, is an important part of how you feel doctors should provide care.

 

[kuanileqa]

If they are not buying your explanation in the interview, just draw a simple equation for them: PA + (Chiropractor)(PT) = DO.

They might get a kick out of it and accept you. I know I would.

 

[dozitgetchahi]

If they are not buying your explanation in the interview, just draw a simple equation for them: PA + (Chiropractor)(PT) = DO.

They might get a kick out of it and accept you. I know I would.

Erm...shouldn't this equation be something like MD + (chiropractor)(PT) = DO?

I'm not sure any DOs present in the interview room would get a kick out of being compared to a PA.

 

[kuanileqa]

Erm...shouldn't this equation be something like MD + (chiropractor)(PT) = DO?

I'm not sure any DOs present in the interview room would get a kick out of being compared to a PA.

Haha, no, that would be too many years of school 🙂!

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Erm...shouldn't this equation be something like MD + (chiropractor)(PT) = DO?

I'm not sure any DOs present in the interview room would get a kick out of being compared to a PA.

Sarcasm is a grace my friend.

 

[orthomyxo]

If they are not buying your explanation in the interview, just draw a simple equation for them: PA + (Chiropractor)(PT) = DO.

They might get a kick out of it and accept you. I know I would.

Actually OP, it's more like Pulse + (MD school reject)(Wizard) = DO

The adcoms will fall in LOVE with your sense of humor!!


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